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Format
TV
Episodes
13
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Summer 2013
Aired
2013-07-05 to 2013-09-27
Source
Visual novel
Rating
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Genres
Mystery
Horror
School
Psychological
High Stakes Game
Survival
Studios
Lerche
Producers
Geneon Universal Entertainment
Studio Hibari
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Showgate
Licensors
Funimation
Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation (ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 THE ANIMATION)
Makoto Naegi, a teenager with no remarkable talent, is surprised to learn that he has been accepted into Hope's Peak Private Academy: an elite school that gathers the best students from various fields. Despite believing his admission was just a fluke, Naegi is delighted to attend an institution known for ensuring success to those who graduate. Determined, he enters the front doors of the prestigious academy. However, after losing consciousness inside, Naegi wakes up in a seemingly abandoned classroom. Failing to comprehend how he got there, Naegi begins to explore, and to his surprise, finds his classmates assembled in the gym. While everyone is trying to figure out what happened, they are confronted by the school principal—Monokuma, a robotic teddy bear. The mysterious toy explains that the freshmen are trapped inside the school with only one means of escape—kill a classmate without being discovered. Tension fills the air as Naegi and his classmates realize that they are faced with two choices: participate in Monokuma's killing game, or reside together in the school for the rest of their lives. [Written by MAL Rewrite]